How To Use Pleasantness In A Sentence

It was a very simple matter to reverse this procedure, generally after some unpleasantness with the appropriate squadron and station commander.
They then rated the unpleasantness of the intrusive thought, their attempts to dismiss the thought from consciousness, and their perceived success in reducing the frequency of the thought.
Though actual schools, or colleges, or written lore, might not originally have had much to do with it, the continued practice of old, well-formed customs held them in "the ways their fathers walked in" and they found them those of "pleasantness" and true honor. Thaddeus of Warsaw
The visuals of the two of them put over a mood of desperation and unpleasantness that doesn't come over in the records so much - its better just to hear it.
Because she's in Auckland, and because it had been planned that I was going up there this coming weekend, I felt that I had to confront the issue right now, and avoid any unpleasantness later in the week or when I got up there.

The unpleasantness of this schism seems to have had a salutary effect on Tennent, who was more responsible for it than anyone else.
It is time to put behind all the disappointment and unpleasantness of the past 12 months, and get ready to begin the New Year with a resolution to always look at the brighter side of life.
They come up to gallery requirements by their "pleasantness" or the inoffensiveness of their style. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets
‘The only unpleasantness was a slightly oily feeling on your body when you got out of the water,’ he said.
There's a lot of pain, suffering and general unpleasantness in this world.
Rather, ‘feelings’ refers to a very specific quality: pleasantness, unpleasantness, or neutrality in an experience.
The details are too well chronicled to be dismissed as exaggeration, or set aside as a necessary unpleasantness in the struggle. Times, Sunday Times
The wealthy Pellisi's voice was dripping with unpleasantness and dislike.
Because people associate Hobbes with unpleasantness, nastiness, and life-and-death contests, they start to use the phrase to refer to any choice that has some of those characteristics.
It was a very simple matter to reverse this procedure, generally after some unpleasantness with the appropriate squadron and station commander.
The extreme unpleasantness of the mammogram is systematically and deliberately underplayed by the proponents of mass screening.
The experimental conditions included a baseline restful state followed by hypnotic relaxation alone and by hypnotic relaxation with suggestions for altered pain unpleasantness.
No one wanted that, and there was strength in the human desire to avoid unpleasantness at any price until the last possible instant. 21 DOG YEARS
Handing the belt to his son Blade, he sat on a bench clearly contemplating his new heel status and the unpleasantness that went along with it.
Christian should reluctantly give up, one by one, the pleasures of the world; and look back upon them, when relinquished, with eyes of wistfulness and regret: because he knows not the sweetness of the delights with which true Christianity repays those trifling sacrifices, and is greatly unacquainted with the _nature_ of that pleasantness which is to be found in the ways of Religion. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.
The smell, however, lingered on for a while and despite the baking sunshine, at week's end there still was a whiff of unpleasantness in the air.
I just stare at the can periodically, wondering what kind of unpleasantness lurks just under that lid.
The details are too well chronicled to be dismissed as exaggeration, or set aside as a necessary unpleasantness in the struggle. Times, Sunday Times
The first couple of Harry Potters are honourable contributions to the repertory of school-stories of an old fashioned kind, with the added frisson of knowing that the world beyond Hogwarts contains a great deal of unpleasantness.
The details are too well chronicled to be dismissed as exaggeration, or set aside as a necessary unpleasantness in the struggle. Times, Sunday Times
Another author underscored the unpleasantness of the deskilled jobs.
The details are too well chronicled to be dismissed as exaggeration, or set aside as a necessary unpleasantness in the struggle. Times, Sunday Times
I didn't really want to witness shouting and other unpleasantness, but I did think Stewart missed a good opportunity to put some of the obvious flaws in the conservative case on the issue to one of its more powerful proponents.
In the same vein, Malkin gives only passing mention to such unpleasantness as shootings of internees by camp guards but discusses at length the amenities offered in the camps and the petty complaints of some internees.
One of the problems of our current political scene is that the atmosphere is often of hostility and unpleasantness feeding on themselves.
As I felt unprepared for an even closer look at him, and even less inclined to take in the halitosis and BO that no doubt accompanied his cosmetic unpleasantness, I strenuously endeavoured to decline his invitation.
The world does the reverse, thinking that nothing does you good unless it hurts: pleasantness is suspect. On Experience, Part Two « So Many Books
As if there had never been any doubts in his mind, the image of Paul regained both its pleasantness and relative unimportance. UNREASONABLE DOUBT
You neednt compound the days upleasantness by catching a chill. The Forgotten Garden
Her pleasantness is met with boos, hoots and catcalls.
Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for you to climb back. Mignon McLaughlin
Quite enough unpleasantness is already caused on public transport by people using electronic equipment in such a way. Times, Sunday Times
At the annual Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, Dr. Wysocki and fellow researchers asked 41 pairs of identical twins and 12 pairs of fraternal twins to rate the "pleasantness" of cilantro. Across the Land, People Are Fuming
Moments of pleasantness elicit a desire for more, moments of unpleasantness give rise to aversion, and moments of neutrality are opportunities to fall asleep.
When I asked him what he called the recent unpleasantness, Woo was remarkably candid: "The uprising, in African-American neighborhoods-and the riot in other parts of the city. City Of Euphemisms
Moreover the Philosopher [* Ethic. ii, 7; iv, 8] assigns to games the virtue of _eutrapelia_, which we may call "pleasantness. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
Pain intensity and unpleasantness were rated by subjects on visual analogue scales in response to painful electrical stimuli, delivered in random order in five ascending intensities.
Demurely as she sat there behind the tea-urn – for Dr. Gregory still engrossed all the attention of his guest, as far as talking was concerned – Fleda was again inwardly smiling to herself at the oddity and the pleasantness of the chance that had brought those three together in such a quiet way, after all the weeks she had been seeing Mr. Carleton at a distance. Queechy
Hilary herself was not insensible to the pleasantness of this warm, well-lit, crimson-atmosphered apartment. Mistress and Maid. A Household Story.
the recent unpleasantness of the weather
I hope that we can put the unpleasantness about the doggie washeteria behind us. Times, Sunday Times
There will be much pain and unpleasantness in the weeks and months ahead.
The report praised the school's ‘strong, family feel’ and added that tradition, good behaviour, politeness and pleasantness were much in evidence.
And I don't like just plain unpleasantness or just plain painful stuff.
The findings imply that the pleasantness of a smell is hardwired within our heads, calling into question the impact of life experience on how people perceive smells.
And without denying the pleasantness of the mode of progression which Mr. Hazlitt, perhaps too enthusiastically, describes as attainable in a background of On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
Bailey captured them seated practically back to back on spindly gilt chairs at a fashion show, in an invisible yet palpable fog of unpleasantness.
It was just jack-in-office unpleasantness, and I had no choice but to ignore it. The Sky Writer
I'm sure that if Harry McGuigan of North Lanarkshire Council had known about end-of-year flexibilities, all that unpleasantness over the Direct Labour Organisations could have been avoided.
I hate to bring up any unpleasantness but you were on ‘The View’ last week.
Gentle brush strokes on a snare drum and soft, lilting vocals are all well and good, but pure pleasantness is apt to fall into the category of being dangerously languorous.
Its unpleasantness must not be buried in moral and philosophical platitudes.
The notion of beauty is associated with a variety of other words and meanings, including, majesty, glory, honor, loveliness, comeliness, pleasantness, delightfulness, and excellence.
The warmth and pleasantness of the riviera always comes as a delightful contrast to the sleet and snow of the preceding five days.
No other night of the year manages the unique combination of misery, discomfort, expense and sheer downright unpleasantness.
Clearly, Pater disciplined himself to erase any trace of ill-temper or unpleasantness from his speech and writing.
There was a moment of unpleasantness when Yorkshire thought Parthiv was caught behind on 98 but umpire Graham Burgess gave him not out and some chuntering between the sides continued throughout the remainder of the day.
And our name shall be a cannon-shot, before which your Lodge, in the pleasantness whereof ye take pastime, shall be blown into ruins; and we will be as a wedge to split asunder the King's Oak into billets to heat a brown baker's oven; and we will dispark your park, and slay your deer, and eat them ourselves, neither shall you have any portion thereof, whether in neck or haunch. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier
Our Governess is as active and watchful as ever, down with the Sun and up with the Lark, and then doth her messenger summon us to desert our beds, if she perceives any unwilling, she subtilly tempers the unpleasantness of her early importunity; she perswades them thereunto, by alledging, what benefit thereby will accrew to their healths; nor is her accustomed care to be discommended, since therein she aims not only at the benefit of our Bodies, but the eternal welfare of our Souls in the performance of our duties to God and our Parents. The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex
I hesitantly tried another piece and it was just as unappetizing the second time around, a bitter sting that was metallic in its unpleasantness.
Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for you to climb back. Mignon McLaughlin
It was a very simple matter to reverse this procedure, generally after some unpleasantness with the appropriate squadron and station commander.
With smiles, let's gave a hug and eliminate all the unpleasantness. Retaining only our love!
And it was due in some measure to Oline that things had turned out no worse; so earnest was she in trying to secure a small remainder for herself that she dragged to light forgotten items that she, as gossip and newsmonger for years, remembered still, or matters outstanding which others would have passed over on purpose, to avoid causing unpleasantness to respectable fellow-citizens. The Growth of the Soil
Cogs whirr, wires clunk and leering unpleasantness ensues as an ex-con breaks into a house which has been rigged up as a giant mantrap. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
It would be petty and stupid, they contend, to overlook the creative quality of their work because of some unpleasantness which the great world revolution must necessarily bring with it.
Unpleasantness is built into the CAG's job as the chief nitpicker of the government. Indians Of 2010: Vinod Rai
We are investigating the possibility that motion sickness may be a factor in the unpleasantness of transportation.
Maturity is the capacity to face unpleasantness and frustration, discomfort and defeat, without complaint or collapse.
Ocular monitoring suggested they also experienced more "pleasantness" during those interactions. Ars Technica
A bit over and I will have to ask for change, and I would hate there to be any unpleasantness.
How much 'pleasantness' and attentiveness should be required, beyond good 'personal skills'? Archive 2008-06-29
When partnered with Herring, he adopts a snide, sharp persona to contrast with his sidekick's village idiot act, and the resulting personality clash provides ample opportunity for eloquent unpleasantness.
Despite any unpleasantness and pain, you must acknowledge the suffering you have caused and develop a concern for creating an environment of sanity.
the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day
There were vultures in the air and hyenas on the ground however; those who dared not to speak out loud while his father was alive. With his passing they finally found a voice that spoke with unpleasantness and malice.
The English art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900) distinguished '' aesthesis '' - a kind of 'animal consciousness of the pleasantness' of the object - from '' theoria '' - the sense that beauty has a spiritual core. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
No other night of the year manages the unique combination of misery, discomfort, expense and sheer downright unpleasantness.
I want to avoid any unpleasantness with the neighbours.
Whenever a major disaster strikes, the public is confronted with all sorts of unpleasantness.
And Nur al-Din saw a fair bystreet, swept and sprinkled, whereon the zephyr blew and made pleasantness pervade it and the leaves of the trees overshaded it. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Whatsoever essence it derives from earth or water, all that conduces to its bitterness, its acridity, its unpleasantness.
And then there is the feeling that that kind of semi-poverty, which has in itself something of the pleasantness of independence, when it is borne by a man alone, entails the miseries of a draggle-tailed and querulous existence when it is imposed on a woman who has in her own home enjoyed the comforts of affluence. He Knew He Was Right
He captured them seated practically back to back on spindly gilt chairs at a fashion show, in an invisible yet palpable fog of unpleasantness.
But the incident had proved to be a waste of energy on his part and a cause of unnecessary unpleasantness for those caught up in the swell. Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing
Bottling up feelings would only worsen problems and create unpleasantness.
But Gingrich the pugnacious pugilist has not been satisfied to rest on his unpleasantness. John Feffer: The New Marx
This quiet world of the monks is not without unpleasantness - there is heartache, murder, an accident and suicide.
I'd rather avoid any unpleasantness with the neighbours.
You heard about the unpleasantness in the reception hall the day before yesterday, I suppose?
It was probably a subtle subconscious realization of the unpleasantness, even the unendurableness, of perfection in the domestic companionship that caused the obvious misprint in the following extract from a Scotch editorial concerning the new divorce legislation: Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers
This time there was no media coverage as there was no public hostility or unpleasantness.
I'm sure Clarke was well aware of what was to follow from his decisions - he's willing to risk a lot of long-term unpleasantness - because his book reads like it was written by a true civil servant.
Plus, the educated American operates under a common understanding that we are to "deal with" unpleasantness in our past rather than "repress" it, and then seek something called closure. NPR Topics: News
He waited, not too dissatisfied with the unpleasantness of the situation. Somewhere East of Life
Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for you to climb back. Mignon McLaughlin
The balmy evenings were the compensation for the unpleasantness of the day.
A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion
Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for you to climb back. Mignon McLaughlin
That his pleasantness has survived the depths of despair and frustration says much for his sweet nature.
On most cars of this level of power, this would mean near-instant wheelspin, car spin and general unpleasantness.
As we journey through Cook's life, we get a clear if passionless commentary, which delicately glosses over unpleasantness and is regularly brightened by, fancy that, facts.
Looking back on my life until now it has largely been hard work with a lot of upset and unpleasantness, especially in my adult years.
That's one of the many benefits to an employment arrangement based on outsourcing and subcontracting: The corporation at the top indemnifies itself from any unpleasantness at the bottom, thanks to the smaller corporate players in the middle. HUFFPOST HILL - GOP Lawmaker Proposes Christmas Cuddle Summit
A Singapore academic said last week that smoochers may drop their lids to avoid overloading the senses and - just possibly - to skip the unpleasantness of seeing their lover's blurry form up close.
There are other individuals who seem to have an atmosphere of pleasantness or friendliness around them, who have endearing personalities and are well mannered and cultured.
I understand that people feel like - I mean, with so much hatred and unpleasantness in the world, why would you want to get in the way of people who love each other marrying each other?
The details are too well chronicled to be dismissed as exaggeration, or set aside as a necessary unpleasantness in the struggle. Times, Sunday Times
She was friendly, friendlier than when I'd first showed up in Personnel, but behind the pleasantness was a definite reserve. Timegod's World
They take the place of habits until the new behaviors lose some of their unpleasantness and become more attractive in their own right.
Her voice surprises in its sing-song pleasantness.
It's hard to explain the affect ingrained politeness and social pleasantness has.
Less attention to pain can result in a reduction in perceived pain intensity and unpleasantness, and can also reduce the amount of time patients spend thinking about their pain.
You don't suppose Adam had the cutaneous unpleasantness politely called psora, do you? Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
The precursors of perfection in yoga, they say, are lightness and healthiness of the body, absence of desire, clear complexion, pleasantness of voice, sweet odor and slight excretions.
Pain's unpleasantness provides the motivation for adaptive, life-preserving responses.
If we enter them on a Sunday forenoon -- for on week-days they are like a sheepfold without its occupants -- we meet with much the same kind of pleasantness in the assemblage there. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne
The affective dimension of pain includes both the immediate feelings of unpleasantness associated with the painful sensation and negative emotions evoked by the pain.
I was afraid to complain loudly in case I caused any unpleasantness between myself and the staff, and for my husband.
Now, opposite to Thabor, and a mile and a half north of Endûr (doubtless the Biblical Endor), lies a village called Naîn ( "pleasantness"). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
After all, we wouldn't want any unpleasantness. Times, Sunday Times
It would assist in controlling the currently very high level of unpleasantness, aggression, and verbal abuse that simply would not be tolerated in any classroom, playground, workplace, or home in this country.
I want the unpleasantness to stop so I can put my head back in the sand. Times, Sunday Times

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